Albino bulldozer flees?

[gunslingor]

That's what I've been calling these dude, can't identify them. They bulldozer the green off the leaves somehow and leave albino specs... they cause plant alopecia.

What are they and how can I murder them?

 

[redback]

Miniature spiders?

 

[Oliver Buckle]

I don't know what they are, but a good general rule if you don't want to spray poison.
Bit of veg oil, bit of dish soap, some water. Shake well until mixed, then spray on. It gets into their breathing holes and suffocates them.

 

[pepper]

Zooming in I am pretty sure it's a baby stinkbug.

 

[gunslingor]

Zooming in I am pretty sure it's a baby stinkbug.

Hmmm, makes perfect sense. They are around, haven't seemed to damage my fruit but they always are on it. Kill em when I find em.

Someone I think told me these little nazi ants were stink bugs but he must've been wrong.

Just can't grow food in peace

 

[roadrunner]

Hmmm, makes perfect sense. They are around, haven't seemed to damage my fruit but they always are on it. Kill em when I find em.

Someone I think told me these little nazi ants were stink bugs but he must've been wrong.
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Just can't grow food in peace

I'm not sure, but I think those are some variety of Assassin bugs, which would mean they're probably friendly. I allowed those to stay on my tomato plant (they were always on the bottom of a tomato) and I never noticed damage to the tomatoes.

 

[gunslingor]

I'm not sure, but I think those are some variety of Assassin bugs, which would mean they're probably friendly. I allowed those to stay on my tomato plant (they were always on the bottom of a tomato) and I never noticed damage to the tomatoes.

Dam, your good. That's a bitch though, internet dude had me kill em... now that watermelon plant is dead from squash beetle larva... they would have feasted.

 

[roadrunner]

Dam, your good. That's a bitch though, internet dude had me kill em... now that watermelon plant is dead from squash beetle larva... they would have feasted.

Yeah, what's funny is how they hang out, upside down, on the bottom of the fruit. When I saw your pic, I immediately recognized them from the ones on my tomatoes. This is the first year I've seen them.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Another good general rule, if they move fast they are probably predators eating other bugs, if they move slow they are probably going to eat your produce. It's not 100%, but pretty good.

 

[gunslingor]

So, not sure these are stinky bugs. They seem to have jumpy legs like a grasshopper but very tiny. They have destroyed my parsley, only appearing to eat the top layer of the leaves somehow. They are getting bad, how do I fix? More picks.

 

[gunslingor]

They seem to have wings, saw one stretch out

 

[pepper]

They seem to have wings, saw one stretch out

I don't think they are stinkbugs either, seeing that. I've no idea. I will see what I can find, I'm very curious what they are. They are doing a heck of a number on those leaves.

 

[pepper]

I think maybe a flea beetle, maybe a corn flea beetle. There are lots of different kinds but when I googled "black bug beetle plant pest jumpy legs" that's what came up and it looks like them.

 

[gunslingor]

I just sprayed more dish soap water, added more soap this time, like a tablespoon to a sprayer bottle... they didn't seem to like that, killed a bunch I think, some got away, next time.

 

[gunslingor]

Yeah, something like that, with grasshopper legs, lol. These things have been going wild for months... the white spots someone diagnosed as power mildew, never even saw these things till the first pick above, and that was in my house on a seedling... crushed it. Eventually I realized, same white spots outside, took a long time to figure that out. They are so tiny.